Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-19
THE GLASS OF FASHION.

THE GLASS OF FASHION.
JACKETS, GOWNS AND BosNErs-srYLRs FOR LITTLE
| WOMEN - STARTLING SHAPES IN COMING HEAD
l GEAR.
FAwS Colon will bea favorite for dressy Jackets.
SILK AND LINEN LINGERIE is trimmed With en-
broidery or lace.
SINGLE sREAsrKD JACKETS are again made with
TWO darts and are very closely fitted
SUGGESTION or SILVER throughout an entire
black costume gives beautiful effect Ia Lenten
| toilets
BoNNErs OF WHIrE, pink, mauve and white
plush are worn In the evening at theateS and at
| the opera.
| LEa-oF-NUrroN SLEEVES and sleeves with the
| indoor frocks.
ENGLISH CHBvror AND TWEED UIsrERs, in checks,
pialds, or stripes, have loose fronts attached to
yoke, and closely fitted backs.
YACHTING JACKETS Of navy blue cloth with gilt
anchor buttons are made like the sailor Jackets OF
long ago. with loose double breasted fronts and ad
Justed back.
MANY ARTICLES Of ladies' underwear have IT.
regular scallops worked around the borders. Some
bridal tTo1sseaus have large part Of the lingerie
SILK UNDERvEsrs in delicate tints, for ladies,
have three insertions of silk Smyrna lace down
the front, and the neck and arm-hOles are finished
with narrow lace edging
SERGEs AND CANVAS CLOTHS In checks and plaids
are imported In light colors for tailor dresses to
take the PLACE OF the plain white serges 50 long
with plain cloth.
For TRAVELLING are long loose cloaks Of brown
wool canvas, lined with gay striped surahs, made
W,sn new rev sing sleeves that hang in long points
embroidery like that on India shawlsL
STRIPES VIII hold q prominent place among
spring styles. 0arlands OF flowers, leaves, or
other designs win run through or down either
SIDE OF many OF these stripes. This arrangement
lines.
SOM TASTEFUL MOURNING DRESSES for spring
and summer are made Of the Jet black camels
nalr 1aDr1cs trimmed with GRAPE and others are OF
the nne qualities Of nuns yelling, with the broad
seisagesLsneariy TWO inches wide-that are now
considereo the most elegant finish for draperies.
SPRAYS or HELI0rROPE, intertwined with long
stemmed hedge-roses, marsh-mall0w blooms,
hawthorn blossoms. and yellow primroses; honey
suckie and scarlet-velvet poppies and geranium
blossoms mingled with pussy willow and trailing
arDutus, are favorite flowers for hat garniture.
FANS THIS SEASON have mountings of dark wood
or smell. The former are black or in medium tints
OF bege, and the latter are of light dark she'll
Inc 1avOr1te fans are OF black Chantilly
lace on grenadine ground dotted with very small
spangles. steel ana Jet spangles are much used
THE UNIVERSITY COLLAR, curved open below the
throat, Is added to single breasted Jackets, and
thus permits the wearing OF higher collars than If
che standing band is straight around the neck and
elosea In 'front.' Many Of these collars are two and
yet are not uncomfortable.
VELVET is still in great vogue, and It makes an
unQuesttonably rich and becoming addition to
the toilet, even IL its use is limited to simple
velvet collar and cuffs. This bit OF adjoining
greatly improves an ordinary wooden DRESS while
are very effective additions
A DRESS OF "ENGLIsH PINK" pilot cloth, with
vest OF cream-whitc camers hair, dotted with tiny
English pink silk figures, with wide rerers reach
Ing from the shoulder to below the belt, these
TX collar and turn-back Guns OF the same is con.
sidered one OF the very stylish tailOr-made gowns
OF the season.
DARK GREEN CLOTH COVERT COATS, with their
double-breasted fronts, fastened by smooth bone
buttons and with turned-down collar covered
WIN velvet, will be very fashionable for spring,
and Will be worn late in the season with any
orOWn, zero, green or black DRESS or with black
lace dresses, and are even thought suitable for
putting On over wash dresses In the country.
1T HAS BEEN COMPLAINT that fashions were
adapted only to queenly figures, but the spring
styles are taken from a period when a small
woman was the leader. She hired the artists OF O
KINGDOM TO design patterns, and combined eolors
beauty. The high roll Of hair now worn by FASH
ionable ladies' was Madame POmpadour's fashion,
Introduced to render her stature more command
Ing.
SHOULDER ScARFs, shaped with long ends in
front to protect the chest, are made Of netted
WOOL or Silk chenille for evening wear. They
are finished with bewitching little monk hoods,
which can be drawn over the head when riding to
pail or opera without danger OF diSarrangfng the
couture. The hoods are lined with pale-tinted or
white surah, and the scarf ends are completed by
deep double bordering OF fringe.
DARK BLUE CAAEL's HAIR SERGE, trimmed with
the new cream white silk gmps in Venetian ara
besque designs, makes a stylish and becoming
dress for travelling. Brides and fashionable young
natrons select dark heliOtrOpe or golden brown
Irish poplin, and decorate the revers panels
wa1stcOat, collar and cuffs with fiat silk cord
bands and ornaments in applique, In q still darker
shade OF brown or heliOtr0pe.
PALE FEATURED WOMEN can rarely wear neutral
tints becolningly, without some deft arrangement
OF velvet or lace to intervene. and prevent hos
tlllty between the gown and the wearer's com.
plexlon. COlOrleSs fair women must also diScrimi.
nate between the rival unts. for there are some
shades Of gray and heliOtrope that would prove
decidedly unbecOlning, for there are grays and
gfays, as there are greens and green's.
SMALL MANTLE VTSITEs are still to be worn.
They are taken well into the back Of the figure
and sit snugly over the shoulders and arms The
ends in front. although long when compared with
the back, which Is never larger than an ordinary
position, are shorter than they were last spring
The object this season is to conceal the dress as
little as possible Black vlsites are more stylish
than cOiOred ones, and can be worn over any
dress. There are, however, many fancy styles
shown.
PRETTY SUMNER DRESS Is made OF large
meshed cream-cOlored canvas, with runners OF
pink satin ribbon the skirt, the foundation
skirt being of pink surah OF the same shade The
pOmpadour bodice-completed by draperies OF the
canvas, passing over the shoulders, from the
waists also made up over low-necked UNDER
bodice OF the surah the short sleeves finished with
ribbon-runners that tie In . bow Just below the
shoulders.
PURE WHILE CHUDDAH cloth Is used In CON-
binatiOn with an inch stripe Of black and gray
velvet, brocaded in chine effect on q white wool
ground These eXquisitely silken like chuddah
cloths, which are imported in all OF the dark
shades, and delicate drab tints and graysh greens
OF the season, are shown with bands in cut and
uncut brocade down the center. This band is i'm
ported for side panels, while the remainder OF the
dress will be o. plain WOOL finished with reoula-
ton high collar and Gun OF velvet.